Belting.



v. K. STURGES. BELTING. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 5, 1909.

965,25@ Patented July 26, 1910.

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VARNEY K. STURGES, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO JOSEPH H. SCHULTE ANI)l HENRY KAISER, OIE DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

BELTING.

specification of Letters raient.

Application led August 5, 1909. Serial No. 511,413.

Toallwhom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, VARNEY K. S'ru'nons,

y 'a citizen of the United States of America,

' links.

each rivet passes4 through three of them. By this arrangement a shape cross section is o residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and Statel of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Beltin ,owhich the following is a specification, re erence being had therein to the accompanying drawings. A

This invention relates to leather belting and more particularly to a belt formed of leather elements riveted or secured together in such relation that they provide` a very wide side face foren gement with the flanges of a grooved pul ey and at the same time are su ciently llexible so as to wrap around the pulley of -small diameter.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth, and more particularly pointed out in the a ended claims.

In the drawin i re 1 is a lan view of belting embo ying eatures of t e invention; Fig. 2 4is a view in side elevation thereof; and Fig. 3 is a view in cross section on the line -m'of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings a series of leather strips 1 have rounded wide ends 2 from which the are uniformly tapered to square narrow ends 3. These links are placed in over-lappin relation 'with their wider ends forming t e outeryface of the belt and their inner ends thinned or' tapered to form al Substantiall continuous mner face. They are 4securesl by rivets 4 which pass through the wide end of each link and the supe'lrlposd bodies of the two adjacent e elements areV so arranged that pyramidal or wedge' tained which provides a very wide air of mar ns 5 formed bythe adjacent edges of the inks. These lapping flexible,

wide side faces give good frictional contact with a grooved pulley while the belt is eX- tremely flexible.. e

The belt may be constructed of waste or scrap matter so that it is of very low cost and presents the flexibilit of a link belt and the additional property o having wide faces for use on flanged or grooved pulleys.

What I claim as my inventionis:

1. Belting consisting of a series of over lapping flexible, longitudinally tapered strips, and a rivetr securingthe wider end of each strip to the bodies of a pair of adjacent strips, the free inner end of each strip loverlapping the head of the adjacent rivet.

2. Belting consisting of a series of overlongitudinally tapered strips, and a rivet 'securing the wider end of each strip to the bodies of a pair of adjacent strip, the inner free tapered ends of the-strips ing'beveled to form a substantially continuous inner belt face, and being adapted to overlap the heads of the adjacent rivets. V

3. Belting comprising a series of flexible longitudinali tapered elements whose WiderA ends form t e outer face of the belt and whose inner tapered ends are beveled to fo a. continuous inner belt'face, and rivets eac securing the broad end of one element to the bodies of two adjacent elements, each element being-secured to vadjacent elements by a air of rivets, and the free inner-end of eaclll element overlapping the head of the adjacent rivet.

. In testimony whereof'l affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VARNEY K. STURGES.

Witnesses:

C. RSTIGKNEY, LEWIS E. FLANnERs.

Patented July 26, 1910. 

